Category Major Events

Wildfire grows to 16 square miles in Northwestern South Dakota, USA

Photo courtesy of KEVN A wildfire burning in northwestern South Dakota’s Harding County has grown to about 16 square miles.   The Great Plains Fire Information office estimates that the Sheep Draw Fire has burned more than 10,000 acres since…

Lightning kills five in Bihar, India

At least five people, including two children and a woman, were killed on Monday when they were struck by lightning in two separate incidents in Bihar, officials said.   Three deaths were reported from two villages under Dharhara police station…

Super Typhoon Maysak to reach Yap today and heading towards Philippines

PHOTO: Typhoon Maysak is expected to intensify to a super typhoon. (Supplied: European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection) A warning is in force for the State of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia, as the US National Weather…

Landslides and heavy rain damages scores of properties in the Kashmir Valley

At least 44 structures including 18 residential houses were damaged due to landslides caused by heavy rainfall in the Kashmir Valley over the past 24 hours, police said today.   A landslide caused by rain in Chontinar village of central…

Landslide kills 6 and 4 missing in Indonesia

Rescuers have found six bodies and are searching for four others after a landslide hit Sukabumi district of West Java Saturday night, an Indonesian official said on Sunday.   Soldiers, volunteers and policemen are searching for the missing persons under…

Apocalyptic hailstorm damages over 200 homes in Phrae, Thailand

A hailstorm pounded several villages in Phrae’s Nong Muang Khai district late Saturday night, causing severe damage to more than 200 houses and ravaging corn fields. Hailstones lashed several villages in Phrae late Saturday night, damaging more than 200 houses…